Adroddiad Llawn ar gyfer Adeiladau Rhestredig
Disgrifiad Cryno o Adeilad Rhestredig:
Rhif Cyfeirnod
22804
Rhif yr Adeilad
Gradd
II
Statws
Dyddiad Dynodi
29/08/1979
Dyddiad Diwygio
31/01/2000
Enw
, High Street,Aberavon,Port Talbot,Neath Port Talbot
Cyfeiriad
Lleoliad
Awdurdod Unedol
Castell-nedd Port Talbot
Cymuned
Aberavon
Tref
Port Talbot
Ardal
Aberavon
Dwyreiniad
276529
Gogleddiad
190164
Ochr o'r Stryd
N
Lleoliad
The bridge crosses the River Afan and serves as the physical link between the shopping centres of Aberavon and Port Talbot, the former a development of the 1990s. The roadway is now pedestrianised.
Disgrifiad
Dosbarthiad bras
Cludiant
Cyfnod
Cyfnod
Built in 1842 to the design of William Kirkhouse, engineer of the Tennant Canal and author of an unexecuted plan to extend the canal to Aberavon. Later widened by half, probably in 1893 (lower date on keystone). The bridge formerly carried the A48 trunk road.
Tu allan
Bridge of 3 low segmental arches with flat deck. Spandrels and parapets faced with coursed stone; voussoirs, pilasters and cutwaters of tooled dressed stone. The voussoirs are of pecked stone, the raised keystones with herring bone decoration. The central keystone on the S side bears the dates '1842' and '1893'. The pilasters rise from the triangular cutwaters to the tops of the parapets. String course to parapets which have flat stone coping. Straight abutments, mainly rebuilt.
Tu mewn
Rheswm dros Ddynodi
Listed as a C19 bridge of unusually high architectural quality.
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